A jewelry thief in Brazil had his plans foiled by a random passerby who used his physical fighting skills to stop the thief from getting away.

In a bizarre heist, monkeys in Talalla, Sri Lanka, stole gold jewelry from a home and left items scattered throughout the neighborhood.

An Arizona father faces multiple charges, including felony assault and robbery, after allegedly attacking two children riding electric bicycles in Scottsdale.

A St. Louis man was robbed at gunpoint by a stranger who had just helped free his car from the snow, only for the thief to leave the vehicle behind.

A suspected robber turned a driverless Waymo into an unlikely getaway car after fleeing a Los Angeles grocery store robbery Monday night. Police tracked the autonomous vehicle and arrested the suspect following a standoff. The bizarre incident has sparked online debate, with some joking about the logistics of using a self-driving car to escape.

Poor penmanship thwarted a bank robbery in Loveland, Colorado, on Dec. 17 according to police.

The armed boys surrounded a couple as they returned home from a Christmas party in Houston, and the man pulled his own weapon

A botched robbery turned violent in Texas when a group of kids tried to rob a man at gunpoint, only to be met with gunfire from him.

A San Francisco barista is being hailed as a "hero" after he took down a man trying to rob a customer, even after the suspect bear-maced him.

The victim's son was killed during the home invasion while trying to protect his mother.

A California pastor trained in martial arts fought off a burglar who broke into his church on Thanksgiving day.

Two Houston-area teens have been committing robberies by entrapping their victims using Facebook marketplace, listing fake items, or making false offers on other listings only to steal from the people they then meet up with.

A bold attempt to steal an Amazon delivery truck went sideways on Sunday afternoon, landing a man in police custody after the driver subdued him in a headlock.

A Texas store employee prevented a robbery by convincing the suspect he had to buy something before opening the register.

The store clerk grabbed the barrel of a gun then tussled with the armed gunman before he fled the scene of the attempted robbery.

A California wig shop lost thousands in specialized merchandise intended for women undergoing chemotherapy after thieves ransacked the store.

The men initially asked for money, but with no cash or money in her digital wallet Cash App, the men decided to take the woman's phone and puppy.

Three unknown suspects stole $50,000 worth of shoes from an Ohio shoe store, including over 100 right-foot shoes without their pairs, officials say.

An attempted armed robbery at a Texas pizza joint took a turn when employees fought back and subdued the suspect.

Multiple Los Angeles parents have responded to a police appeal for assistance in a series of 'flash mob' robberies by turning their kids in to law enforcement.

Police said that as the man began to give up his valuables to the teen, he turned and shot him in the leg with a legal firearm.

An Illinois man who called himself "Benjamin Franklin" was arrested in connection to multiple reports of robberies on Facebook Marketplace.

After struggling to identify and apprehend the teenage perpetrators of a string of 14 individual 7-Eleven robberies, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has turned to the public for help.

Two men with identical names went on a 10-day crime spree worth over £8,000, according to police

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The NYPD has reported that the perpetrators in both the shooting and stabbing incidents on Sunday managed to flee the scenes, and no arrests have been made.

Using AK-47-type weapons, the robbers threatened the family, pointing firearms at their heads while forcibly taking possession of their car.

A teenage boy and two men were lynched after being accused of robbery.

A juvenile boy from New Jersey was arrested on Monday and charged with the juvenile equivalent of sexually assaulting an elderly woman in her home and stealing her belongings.

A man who was convicted for the murder of a pastor’s wife in November 2015 was sentenced on Friday to 86 years in prison.